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Ladycroft, settlement, Kirkmaiden (Rinns)
Grid reference
NX 210 530 (general (5km))
Six-figure easting & northing
221000 553000
Latitude
54.83967527653556
Longitude
-4.787787911617026
County
Wigtownshire
Nearby places
Kilfillan, ~eccles. Glenluce (0.88 miles)
Kilfillan, settlement, Glenluce (1.06 miles)
Lady Well, Glenluce (1.14 miles)
Kirkchrist, ~eccles, Glenluce (1.14 miles)
St Helena Island, Glenluce (2.13 miles)
Object Classification
Settlement
Is linear feature?
No
Notes
The location of the croft is not known, but it is stated to be in the territory of Alton (Auldtoun) in 1493 (RMS ii no. 2157), which farm gives the above NGR as an approximate location. The same charter says that the land is 'commonly called Ladycroft' (vulgariter nuncupatas), indicating that the Latin name (Crofta Beatae Virginis Mariae) is a translation of the name for the purpose of a reference to it in a Latin charter.
Relationships with other parishes
Within Kirkmaiden, parish (Rhinns)
Names
1 head-name linked to this place ?Ladycroft
Head name
Ladycroft
Place
Ladycroft, settlement, Kirkmaiden (Rinns)
Certainty that this name applies to this place
Certain
The status of this name is
Obsolete
Is this a current OS form? ?
No
Is this the original referent of the place?
Yes
Is the association of this name to this object hypothetical?
No
Historic formLadycroft Head nameLadycroft PlaceLadycroft, settlement, Kirkmaiden (Rinns) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2157 Date of citation1493 x 1493 Feature named in sourcelands Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Croftam Beate Virginis Marie 1493, RMS
Historic formCroftam Beate Virginis Marie Head nameLadycroft PlaceLadycroft, settlement, Kirkmaiden (Rinns) Certainty that this name applies to this placeCertain SourceRMS, ii no. 2161 Date of citation1493 x 1493 Feature named in sourcelands Notes on the context of this place-nameReprinted 1984 |
Source code
RMS
Source title
Registrum Magni Sigilli (Register of the Great Seal)
Editors
J.M.Thomson et al.
Volume
1-11
Year
1882-1914
Notes
Reprinted 1984
Saints in this place-name
Mary, Mary the Blessed Virgin, Our Lady (ns) (probable)
Lady, Our Lady (probable)
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